Endothelium-independent constriction of isolated, pressurized arterioles by N ω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 602-609

  Murphy, T V ^a   Kotecha, N ^b   Hill, M A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriole; Endothelium; L NAME; Myogenic tone

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 2 (4 CARBOXYPHENYL) 4,4,5,5 TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE 1 OXYL 3 OXIDE; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SCAVENGER; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; DEPOLARIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MICROPIPETTE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CYCLIC AMP; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 34347347090     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707262     Document Type: Article

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